Bright awning designs are always in the spotlight during exhibitions, fairs, festivals or celebrations. Such designs are simply indispensable in situations where you need to quickly erect the facilities of cultural, sports, commercial or any auxiliary purpose. With their help, it is easy to organize a pigsty or barn, build a hangar for storing grain, hay or other farm products.
Today, there are several types of tent structures that meet all the necessary regulatory requirements:
frame-awning, which consist of a metal frame, which gives rigidity to the entire building, and an awning web mounted on it. It is mobile, easy to assemble, disassemble and convenient for transportation design, which allows you to quickly equip the space; air-bearing, which consist of a tent canvas tightly attached to the foundation. To maintain its shape, the air pressure created by the air blower is used; membrane, which require the construction of a foundation of reinforced concrete piles. Such are considered the best option for the structure being erected in places with difficult geological conditions or under significant loads; pneumoframe, which are similar to inflatable figures. Air is pumped into the space between the layers of 2-layer load-bearing structural elements. Typically, inflatable elements have the shape of arches and are interconnected by an awning.
Frame and tent structures today are popular because of a number of their advantages, which include:
- the strength of the frame and awning, which can only be ruined mechanically (pierce, burn, cut);
- an attractive modern look, a huge selection of shapes, sizes and colors of tent cover;
- quick assembly (depending on the size of the building - from three hours to several weeks);
- easy assembly and disassembly for transportation or storage.
The construction of the frame tent structure consists of two components - a rigid frame made of aluminum or stainless steel alloys and tightly stretched fabric. The fabric is made from synthetic yarns and coated with polyvinyl chloride. Due to this, it does not stretch, does not react to chemicals and is considered a non-combustible material. The technology of welding fabric allows you to achieve the integrity and tightness of the tent covering. The frame supports are often mounted on a small foundation.
Awning constructions can be intended for outdoor placement or for operation in the interior. If the structure will be placed on the street, then along its perimeter it is necessary to mount the water intake corners from transparent polycarbonate.
A large selection of module shapes allows you to build tent structures for individual projects. For example, in the form of ship sails, boyars' chambers or a pyramid.
The structure can be either open or closed with various types of walls: solid, sliding, transparent and opaque, with windows and doors. An insulated tent with a thickness of 1 cm allows you to use the structure in the winter. Experts say that the thermal insulation of such an awning corresponds to “one brick” brickwork.
To install the tent structure, it is necessary to prepare the site. Moreover, the construction can be erected not only on the ground, but also on the roof of the building. For a temporary foundation, concrete blocks can be used. When organizing one-time events, it is beneficial to rent a tent structure.
Awning constructions are called the architecture of the future due to the fact that they open up great opportunities in shaping, rapid transformation and organization of the internal space of objects at relatively low cost.